"Today, when my husband was carrying a sack and passed by the people in charge, I heard them saying that merchant ships would be coming to this dock starting this month."
"Merchant ships? Aren't those cargo ships loading and unloading now merchant ships?" Although Su Yun'er went to the dock every day, she rarely heard such inside information.
“Those should all be official ships. I don’t know the specifics, but my husband heard that once we have merchant ships, our little stall will have a lot more customers.”
This is actually a good little piece of news.
"Yun'er, is what my man said true? Will there really be a lot of guests?" He Liu asked anxiously.
“Yes, Auntie, think about it, once there are more merchant ships, the flow of people will be greater. Besides, they are not government officials, so their food and lodging will be taken care of. Merchants have to take care of their own food and drink.” Su Yun’er also became happy.
"That's great!" He Liu clapped his hands with joy. "With more customers, we can earn more money."
"Auntie, don't be too happy. If we want to earn more money, we still have to do our job well. Only by making our food clean and delicious can we keep more customers."
“Of course! Only when customers are happy will they become repeat customers!” He Liu’s eyebrows relaxed, and her smile was as warm as a spring breeze. “It just means you’ll have to work harder. With more customers, you’ll have to make more tofu pudding, and you’ll be even more tired.”
"It's alright, I'm used to it, it doesn't bother me much," Su Yun'er thought to herself, "I have my little stone mill in my space to help me." "Auntie, if the number of passengers at the dock increases in the future, we won't be able to sell only for a short time at noon, we'll have to close up shop later."
He Liu waved her hand dismissively: "It's nothing. Anyway, I don't have anything else to do at home. I've already turned down all the sewing and washing work. From now on, I'll focus on helping you."
"Then your son doesn't..."
"A neighbor is helping to watch it."
Su Yun'er was interrupted by her, and she patted her arm with a smile: "No, I mean, why don't you send your son to my house, so he can keep the trees and grass company, and my mother-in-law can look after him. Wouldn't it be a good favor to entrust him to the neighbors?"
"Wouldn't it be a favor to show this to your mother-in-law?"
"How can that be the same? We're partners now!"
"Haha, I don't understand what you're saying. But if you don't mind how annoying my son is, I'll send him over."
After discussing the matter, He Liu left happily.
Su Yun'er was thinking about what to add. She couldn't increase the number of buckets, but she could exchange the small buckets for larger ones. The smaller buckets that were replaced could be used to store other things, so they wouldn't go to waste.
Just then, the space emitted a ding-dong sound once again.
Su Yun'er quickly went into the space to check.
[Ding-dong—You have a new crop that can be upgraded. Would you like to upgrade it?]
Su Yun'er didn't check what kind of vegetables they were before choosing to upgrade, as only by upgrading could she increase the yield.
【yes】
[Ding-dong—You've accumulated 7,000 points, earning a random gift pack. Check it now?]
Another gift pack! Let's see what goodies are inside.
After an animation of opening a gift pack, the contents of the gift pack were revealed: white pepper seeds.
This seasoning is often used in cooking meat dishes to help remove the fishy smell.
Moreover, white pepper can warm the stomach.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white pepper powder is pungent and spicy, and has the effects of warming and resolving phlegm, and regulating qi. It can treat symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and loss of appetite caused by stomach cold. It is beneficial for strengthening and warming the stomach.
The pepper used in the pepper pork tripe chicken dish is white pepper.
"I was just thinking about what to eat to warm myself up in winter, and now that I have white pepper, it's perfect for making a pepper pork tripe and chicken stew!"
Just thinking about the peppered pork tripe and chicken made Su Yun'er's mouth water, and she swallowed hard.
Peppered pork tripe and chicken stew requires white pepper, pork tripe, and chicken. Although we still have half a braised pork tripe at home that we haven't finished eating, the soy sauce color of the braised pork tripe is too dark, so it's not suitable for stewing pork tripe and chicken.
It seems I'll need to go to the city tomorrow. I'll first take the stall cart to the dock and have Aunt He Liu watch the stall. Then I'll go to the city to buy what I need, and I can stew it right there at the stall when I get back.
"Hmm, while you're at it, let's grab a bowl of wontons at the city gate too."
Su Yun'er had planned out tomorrow's itinerary and fell asleep happily.
The next morning, Su Yun'er opened the door and found that after a night of heavy snow, the outside world was covered in a blanket of white.
From the rooftops to the ground, everything was covered in a thick layer of snow.
As planned, after setting up the stall cart and tent with He Liu, Su Yun'er left He Liu to watch the stall alone and rushed to the city.
The distance from the dock to the west gate was about the same as the distance from Su Yun'er's house to the south gate. Walking on the snow, each step made a crunching sound.
Su Yun'er was inexplicably happy to hear this.
When Su Yun'er arrived at Lingque Street, she found that although it had just snowed heavily, the market was still quite crowded. Instead of being deserted, it was even more lively.
Su Yun'er didn't waste any time and went straight to the meat stall she frequented.
The butcher wasn't there today; his wife was minding the stall.
The proprietress had long forgotten Su Yun'er, so she didn't roll her eyes at Su Yun'er like last time. Instead, she greeted her warmly and asked Su Yun'er what she wanted to buy.
Su Yun'er selected two pieces of pork belly and two chickens. The proprietress enthusiastically helped her butcher them and then told Su Yun'er how fresh and affordable the meat was.
"Madam, do you still have any pig offal here?"
"Pig offal? That stuff is usually not kept." The proprietress was puzzled by Su Yun'er's question, and then suddenly thought of the young lady who wanted pig offal last time.
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